Agile ways of working

in more detail

Being agile means approaching problems from a

business perspective. It’s not just for software
developers; anyone can adopt the agile values
and principles to solve a business problem in a way
that satisfies the customer.

Working in an agile way means embracing doubt and

responding to change. Initial estimates aren’t exact;
they improve over time, based on progress achieved.

Regular checkpoints ensure pieces of work are

kept on track with greater visibility of real progress,
meaning the right people can make crucial decisions.

As soon as any piece of work increases in size or

complexity the risk also increases. An agile approach
reduces this risk by breaking large, complex projects
into smaller chunks that have value to the customer.
Delivering these chunks bit by bit is the best measure
of progress.

When something’s built we test it with the customer

and ask them what they think of it. Doing this
regularly means things can be changed and the
quality of the final product gets better.

One agile principle is to provide ‘just enough’

documentation and any detail required by the
customer will be tested with them. This minimises
wasted effort on producing documentation
that’s never used.